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WorksheetsEnergy Quiz
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
According to the text, what is the definition of energy?
Something that is created to perform work
Something that must be changed or transferred in order to do something
A force that moves objects
The power stored in a battery
What is the unit for measuring the amount of energy?
Newton (N)
Watt (W)
Joule (J)
Meter (m)
Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?
A stretched spring
A battery
A runner moving
A book on a shelf
Where is chemical energy stored?
In moving objects
In hot objects
In food, batteries, and fuels
In vibrating objects
What type of energy is stored in a compressed spring?
Gravitational potential energy
Elastic potential energy
Kinetic energy
Thermal energy
Gravitational potential energy is stored when an object is:
Heated up
Moved faster
Lifted away from a source of gravity
Stretched or squeezed
Thermal energy is described as:
Energy stored in moving objects
Heat energy stored in hot objects and transferred to colder objects
Visible energy from luminous objects
The flow of current in a circuit
Which of the following is classified as an energy transfer?
Chemical energy
Gravitational potential energy
Electrical energy
Elastic potential energy
Sound energy is transferred from:
Luminous objects
Vibrating objects
Hot objects
Stretched objects
What kind of energy does a luminous object give out?
Sound energy
Light energy
Chemical energy
Kinetic energy
Which of the following stores chemical energy?
Uncooked rice
A moving car
A stretched rubber band
A falling rock
Which energy store formed millions of years ago?
Wind
Coal and crude oil
Geothermal heat
Solar light
Which type of energy is considered 'quite easy to store'?
Sound energy
Light energy
Chemical energy
Kinetic energy
Water in a high tank stores which type of energy?
Kinetic energy
Thermal energy
Gravitational potential energy
Chemical energy
Which energy store is described as lasting only for a short time?
Chemical energy in coal
Gravitational potential energy in a dam
Kinetic energy in a moving tennis ball
Chemical energy in rice
Why is thermal energy difficult to store for a long time?
It turns into light immediately
Hot objects eventually cool down
It is too heavy
It evaporates
In a circuit with a battery and a lamp, what energy is stored in the battery?
Electrical
Light
Chemical
Thermal
In a circuit, what type of energy is transferred in the wires?
Chemical
Electrical
Sound
Kinetic
What process changes chemical energy in wood to thermal energy?
Melting
Freezing
Burning
Lifting
When you walk up stairs, you change chemical energy from food into:
Light energy
Sound energy
Kinetic energy
Electrical energy
As you move higher up stairs, kinetic energy is changed into:
Elastic potential energy
Gravitational potential energy
Thermal energy
Chemical energy
In a power station using natural gas, the first energy change is:
Kinetic to Electrical
Chemical to Thermal
Thermal to Kinetic
Electrical to Light
In a power station, what converts kinetic energy to electrical energy?
The boiler
The cooling tower
Large generators
The power lines
Energy changes can be described as:
Always useful
Always dangerous
A process or event
A type of fuel
Which natural event is mentioned as an example of a dangerous energy change?
Rainfall
A typhoon
A sunrise
Plant growth
What is the useful energy change in a television?
Electrical to Sound and Light
Chemical to Thermal
Kinetic to Gravitational potential
Thermal to Light
When a book falls from a shelf, what energy change occurs?
Kinetic to Chemical
Gravitational potential to Kinetic
Thermal to Sound
Electrical to Light
A bus going uphill is gaining:
Chemical energy
Kinetic energy only
Gravitational potential energy
Elastic potential energy
The noise a bus engine makes represents which energy transfer?
Thermal
Sound
Light
Electrical
The fuel carried by a bus is a store of:
Kinetic energy
Thermal energy
Chemical energy
Gravitational potential energy
The squeezed tyres of a bus store:
Gravitational potential energy
Elastic potential energy
Kinetic energy
Thermal energy
Which of the following is NOT listed as a store of energy?
Chemical
Kinetic
Light
Thermal
Which of the following is listed as a transfer of energy?
Kinetic
Chemical
Sound
Gravitational potential
What is the useful energy output of an electric lamp?
Sound
Heat
Light
Movement
What is the useful energy output of a radio?
Light
Sound
Heat
Kinetic
A burning candle converts chemical energy into:
Sound and Light
Light and Thermal energy
Kinetic and Sound
Electrical and Thermal
Which of these items contains stored chemical energy?
A hot rock
A battery
A moving car
A light bulb
When water freezes, energy is:
Transferred from the water to the surroundings
Transferred from the surroundings to the water
Stored in the ice
Created by the cold
A falling rock possesses:
Elastic potential energy
Chemical energy
Kinetic energy
Electrical energy
A book lifted onto a shelf possesses:
Kinetic energy
Gravitational potential energy
Chemical energy
Thermal energy
Which of the following energy stores lasts for a long time?
Thermal energy in a cup of tea
Kinetic energy in a rolling ball
Chemical energy in wood
Sound energy from a speaker
Kinetic energy is more difficult to store than chemical energy because:
Moving objects eventually stop
It is invisible
It is too heavy
It requires fuel
The text defines 'fuel' as a store of:
Thermal energy
Chemical energy
Kinetic energy
Electrical energy
What happens to the energy in a tennis ball when it stops moving?
It is destroyed
It is stored forever
It has been transferred or changed
It becomes gravitational potential energy
Which of these is an example of an 'event' that changes energy?
A battery sitting on a table
A book falling from a shelf
Water in a tank
Coal in the ground
Electrical energy is transferred through:
Air
Wires
Pipes
Vibrations
